Above is a brief tribute to journalist Michael Brick, who died in February at the age of 41. The video features Tampa Bay Times writer Ben Montgomery reading from Brick’s 2006 New York Times story, “Dusk of the Drummer” — and it’s one of many pieces featured in a new collection, Everyone Leaves Behind a Name: True Stories, […]
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The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
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The historians, activists, reporters, and columnists who tell the complicated and ever-changing story of their own community.
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The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
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Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton’s Guide to Pitching
What I’m looking for, what are the best ways to pitch, and what you can expect from working with me.
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RNC vs. DNC: A Reading List Examining the Conventions
Revisiting the political conventions.
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RNC vs. DNC: A Reading List Examining the Conventions
Revisiting the political conventions.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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Beautiful Nowheres: ‘No Man’s Sky’ and the 500th Anniversary of ‘Utopia’
Five centuries after Thomas More’s classic was first published, we still dabble in perfect-world-building.
